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	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Brown hare
		Rabbits and hares are lagomorphs as opposed to rodents.
		Brown hares feed mainly on herbs in the summer, and predominantly grasses in the winter.
		Brown hares rest in a shallow depression in fields or long grass known as a form, where only their back and head are visible.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/192.shtml (401 words)

	Hare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hares and jackrabbits belong to family Leporidae, and mostly in genus Lepus.
		By contrast, the related rabbits and cottontail rabbits are altricial, having young that are born blind and hairless.
		The hare in African folk tales is a trickster: some of the stories about the hare were retold among African slaves in America, and are the basis of the Brer Rabbit stories.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hare (564 words)

	HARE - LoveToKnow Article on HARE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HARE, SIR JOHN (1844), English actor and manager, was born in Yorkshire on the f 6th of May 1844, and was educated at Giggleswick school, Yorkshire.
		HARE, JULIUS CHARLES (1795f855), English theological writer, was born at Valdagno, near Vicenza, in Italy, on the I3th of September 1795.
		The brown hare is a night-feeding animal, remaining during the day on its form, as the slight depression is called which it makes in the openfield, usually among grass.
	52.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HA/HARE.htm (2416 words)

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		Brown hares live in very open terrain, and they rely on acute senses and running at speeds of up to 70kph (45mph) to evade predators.
		Hares breed from February to September and there may be three or four litters a year, with two to four young.
		Brown hares are classified as game animals; They do some minor damage to crops; for both these reasons they are subject to culling by landowners and farmers.
	members.lycos.co.uk /Wildlife2/hare.htm (334 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Opinion / Op-ed / A hare out of season
		The snowshoe hare is exquisitely attuned to lowering temperatures, diminishing light, and the arrival of winter.
		Hares don't dig burrows, and in the winter, a hare may shelter beneath a log, or in the tunnels made by heavy brush covered with snow.
		His narrow ears are velvet brown, and there is the sheen of the shadowy brown undercoat, beneath his snowy overcoat.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/02/16/a_hare_out_of_season (1040 words)

	Hare -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hares and jackrabbits belong to ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera) family (Hares and rabbits) Leporidae, and mostly in ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species) genus Lepus.
		The (additional info and facts about European Brown Hare) European Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) can run at speeds of up to 70 (The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours)) km/h (45 (additional info and facts about mi/h) mi/h).
		Young hares are adapted to the lack of physical protection offered by a burrow by being (additional info and facts about precocial) precocial, born fully furred and with eyes open.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/hare.htm (558 words)

	Brown hare - Lepus europaeus: More Information - ARKive
		The brown hare is widespread throughout central and western Europe, including most of the UK, although it is absent from the northwest and western highlands in Scotland, where the species is replaced by the mountain hare (Lepus timidus) (5).
		The brown hare is predominantly nocturnal, spending most of the day in small depressions in the grass known as forms.
		The brown hare is a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP), the species action plan aims to maintain and expand existing populations, doubling spring numbers in Britain by 2010 (5).
	www.arkive.org /species/ARK/mammals/Lepus_europaeus/more_info.html (507 words)

	The Hare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The wild brown hares are at liberty on their own territory and the fields are not enclosed in any way which would prevent the hares' escape.
		Hares suffer considerably from predation, particularly by foxes, and the decline in keepering was accompanied by a growth in predators.
		The 1960's saw a brief rise in hare numbers, probably caused by the decrease in the rabbit population due to myxomatosis; (hares dislike sharing the countryside and its grass with rabbits.) This was only a temporary relief, before hare numbers fell again throughout the 1970's and 80's.
	www.nationalcoursingclub.org /fixed/hares.html (1914 words)

	The current status of the brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in Britain
		Thus the mean hare density in arable areas was over twice that in pastoral areas: 60.3 percent of the hare population was in arable areas, 23.5 percent in pastoral areas, 10.8 percent in marginal upland areas and 5.4 percent in upland areas.
		No hares were recorded in 61.8 percent of the squares surveyed, and 19.8 percent of the hare population was found in just three counties (Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk), which constitute only 5.1 percent of the land areas of Britain.
		The data from the survey were used to estimate the size of the brown hare population in 1880; a conservative figure is a mid-winter population of 4,000,000 hares.
	www.jncc.gov.uk /page-2816-theme=default (1501 words)

	Brown Hare -The Hunting Life
		The brown hare often wiles away the daytime hours catnapping in a “seat” it has made in long grass or dug out in amongst the arable fields.
		Depending on the ground cover and the terrain hares are pretty easy to flush, when mooching over moorland and very rough terrain we always find it best to let the dog simply work itself, but when coursing on flat arable we keep the dogs on slips, only slipping on the hare we want to run.
		Hares do not have a close season as such, but I always recommend that lads leave the hares alone when they are breeding.
	www.thehuntinglife.com /html/sections/quarry/brown-hare.html (234 words)

	The Mammal Society: Hares (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Scotland brown hares are found on farmland and rough grazing to the far north of the mainland, but are absent from parts of the North West.
		Brown hares are replaced by mountain hares in upland areas of Scotland and central England.
		Brown hares have little legal protection, partly because they are game animals and can be managed by farmers and landowners, and partly because they are also a minor pest and can damage crops and young tree plantations.
	www.mammal.org.uk /hare.htm (751 words)

	AllRefer.com - hare (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		Hares generally have longer ears and hind legs than rabbits and move by jumping rather than by running.
		Hares are native to Eurasia, Africa, and North and Central America; they have been introduced into Australia in recent times.
		Hares live in meadows, brushy country, and woodland clearings; they are largely nocturnal although they may forage in the day if undisturbed.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/hare.html (395 words)

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		Hares are mainly nocturnal but can be seen during the day, sometimes crouching down in a small depression in the ground called a “form” or in a ploughed furrow.
		Brown hares can live up to 7 years, although most live less than two years, and there is a very high mortality of leverets.
		The brown hare is a priority species for conservation in the UK and has its own Biodiversity Action Plan, with the aim of doubling the population size by 2010.
	www.ifaw.org /ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=119631 (1193 words)

	Ladywildlifes Brown Hare Page
		The brown hare uses its keen senses of smell and hearing to detect predators.
		The brown hare mainly eats grasses and herbs, roots, cultivated cereal crops, buds, twigs, and tree bark.
		Some say the brown hare is the original Easter Bunny and that the Greek goddess of spring, Ester, created the first hare from a bird.
	ladywildlife.com /animal/brownhare.html (822 words)

	Brown Hare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It may be possible that the brown hare originated in central Asia, spreading across Europe during the Neolithic period and reaching Britain toward the end of the Iron Age.
		Despite this high breeding frequency the brown hare population in Britain has been on the decline and is now a concern for conservationists, with numbers falling as low as 800,000.
		Brown hares have a very acute sense of smell, can run at speeds up to 45 mph (70 kph) and their main predators are the fox, hawk and owl.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~battle/text/animals/brownhare.htm (194 words)

	Conserving the Brown Hare : A Biodiversity Action Plan
		Many hares pass unnoticed and on farms where they are present many farmers may not realise just how many they have.
		Hares are nocturnal for most of the autumn and winter so most that are seen will have been disturbed.
		The brown hare was one of the first animals to be considered in the Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) programme.
	www.gct.org.uk /brownhare/biodiversity.html (379 words)

	Game Conservancy Trust (section C2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hare numbers are shown both as densities (number of hares per 100 hectares of ground) and as population estimates for the whole estate.
		The proportion of the hare population that was reported killed during the coursing competitions was low (between 5 and 6%).
		We were also aware that the organised shooting of hares was generally absent from coursing estates, and that an interest in coursing encouraged farmers to tolerate higher levels of agricultural damage than would otherwise be the case.
	www.huntinginquiry.gov.uk /evidence/gctc2.htm (1307 words)

	Animals of Ireland - Irish Hare
		The Irish hare is a race of the Arctic hare - quite distinct from the Brown hare (Lepus capensis) of Britain and as such a living link with the Ice Age fauna of ten thousand years ago.
		The Brown hare is found in the north of Ireland, having been introduced for coursing on a number of occasions, but it is not common or widespread and is no longer found on many of the release areas.
		The Irish hare becomes paler and greyer in winter and is often whitish on the underparts and legs.
	www.irelandseye.com /irish/nature/animals/hare.shtm (399 words)

	THE HARRIS REPORT: BROWN HARE IN BRITAIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Brown hare are enigmatic animals and although long established, are not native to Britain.
		The mid-winter brown hare population is around 817,500 (1996) with about 40% being killed in large shoots held in February and March.
		Despite having undergone significant declines in numbers, brown hares have minimal legal protection and are still hunted and shot throughout their breeding season.
	pages.zdnet.com /hrthompson/leagueagainstcruelsportswarwickshiregroup/id4.html (848 words)

	ANIMAL Teachers: Warm-Blooded Ones: Brown Hare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Because Brown Hare is usually seen at dawn and dusk, He is associated with the moon.
		During their mating season, fields of Brown Hares can be seen leaping in the air, chasing and boxing each other.
		Baby Hares are born with open eyes and with fur, while Baby Rabbits are naked and dependent on their Mothers.
	www.funkman.org /animal/mammal/brownhare.html (308 words)

	Brown hare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Blue or Mountain Hare is slightly smaller than the Brown Hare and lives in the mountainous areas of Scotland, the Peak District and North Wales.
		Brown Hare live in very exposed habitats and they rely upon acute senses and running speeds of up to 70kph to evade predators.
		Hare make a small depression on the ground among long grass - a form - where they spend most of their day, moving out to open ground to feed at night.
	www.workingforwildlife.org.uk /reserves/hare.htm (613 words)

	Brown Hare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		However Brown Hares are commonly found on farmland in mid Wirral with high concentrations of population around Landican cemetery.
		The current status for the Brown Hare population in Wirral is unknown at present.
		Hares are particularly vulnerable because they choose areas without livestock as lying up sites, and these are the areas most likely to be cut for silage.
	www.wirral.gov.uk /ed/biodiversity/hare.htm (981 words)

	Hare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Brown hare were introduced into Britain at least 2,000 years ago.
		The brown hare is the species of mammal in Britain that has undergone the greatest decline, after the water vole.
		Concern over declining hare numbers led to the inclusion of the brown hare on the list of vulnerable species for which a UK biodiversity action plan was written in the early 1990s.
	www.league.uk.com /cruel_sports/british_wildlife/hare/Hare.htm (265 words)

	Brown Hare Seminar 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The main threats to hares in the region are poaching, intensive farming practices, development pressures and loss of diversity of habitats, e.g.
		Its main objective is to reduce the fragmentation of brown hare populations through habitat improvements and encouraging hare-friendly farming practices.
		In order to monitor changes in hare populations over time, landowners, farmers and the general public are being encouraged to take part in an annual spring survey using a methodology devised by the Cheshire region Brown Hare Group and based on the national survey method.
	www.cheshire-biodiversity.org.uk /whats-new-bhareseminar2.htm (651 words)

	ESPN Outdoors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Cape hare is the basis for the "Easter Bunny." It is large with thick, curly fur.
		The primary differences between a hare and a rabbit are the hare is generally larger with longer ears and has more powerful hind legs.
		The hare does not build nests for its young which are born fully furred with their eyes open.
	espn.go.com /outdoors/general/s/g_enc_cape_hare.html (295 words)

	Brown Hare
		Hares and rabbits eat large quantities of plant material and so their digestive system is specially adapted to cope with this.
		Spring is the main mating season and this is when 'mad March hares' may be seen, sometimes a whole field of them, dashing about in a demented fashion, leaping in the air, chasing and 'boxing' with each other.
		Hare's decline is most likely due to a reduction in suitable habitat because of housing developments and new roads; also farm machinery, such as mowers, killing leverets - and perhaps insecticides too.
	www.yptenc.org.uk /docs/factsheets/animal_facts/brownhare.html (796 words)

	Brown Hare
		The brown hare is generally widespread, found throughout the County but with a large number of records in the northern uplands.
		Brown hare has been listed as a costed, key species in the UK Steering Group Report.
		Establish the past and current range of the brown hare population in Staffordshire through desktop study and field surveys.
	www.sbap.org.uk /saps/hare.htm (435 words)

	Activities: The Mammal Society
		They are indigenous to Britain, unlike the other lagomorphs, the rabbit and the Brown hare, which were probably introduced by man. Although elsewhere in its broad circumpolar distribution, the mountain hare mainly occupies Boreal forest, in Britain it is associated with heather moorlands, particularly those which are managed by burning in strips for red grouse.
		Their reproductive behaviour is similar to that of Brown hares, with several males chasing a single female who may rebuff them by boxing.
		Mountain hares are listed in Annex V of the EC habitats directive (1992), as a species 'of community interest whose taking in the wild and exploitation may be subject to management measures'.
	www.abdn.ac.uk /mammal/mountain_hare.shtml (814 words)

	Action plan for Lepus europaeus
		The brown hare is present in Northern Ireland as a relatively recent introduction, where it competes with the indigenous mountain hare.
		Formerly considered abundant, the brown hare appears to have undergone a substantial decline in numbers since the early 1960s, with population estimates now varying between 817,500 and 1,250,000.
		Use the popularity of brown hares to highlight the impact on biodiversity of modern agricultural practices and loss of mixed farms.
	www.ukbap.org.uk /ukplans.aspx?ID=410 (684 words)

	Game Conservancy Trust (section C1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Brown hares seem to be better adapted to mixed arable and livestock farming compared with mountain hares which cope better with upland heath and forestry
		In arable areas high numbers of hares on winter corn are considered damaging by most cereal farmers and regular winter culls by shooting are undertaken where this occurs.
		Hares at 800,000 are comparable with magpies which number between 640,000 and 1,180,000 adults in spring.
	www.huntinginquiry.gov.uk /evidence/gctc1.htm (2226 words)

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